It's PC gone mad.

[Gromit]

"Police chiefs will spend �15,000 creating "ethnically diverse" mascots after an officer criticised a model for being too male and white.

The uniformed mascot, known as PCSO Steve, was created by the Metropolitan Police to visit primary schools.

But one of the force's sergeants criticised the character for failing to represent the capital's communities.

He said the figure, white with blue eyes and blond hair, risks leaving Asian and women officers "isolated".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml =/news/2007/11/20/npolice320.xml

What do you think?

[beryllium]

Why can't they make more than one then?

I do hope the real PC Steve sues for racism against the force too then.

[China Doll]

I think you should start reading a proper paper ;0P

I also think that a white figure with blue eyes and blond hair reminds me of a another figure who is the mascot of a much higher power... (Or at least in the picture at my mums he looks like that).

[Gromit]

David Beckham?

[China Doll]

As the messiah?

Quite possibly.

[Pippa68]

Oh yes. Nobody seems to bat an eyelid over the paintings of Jesus with ginger hair and blue eyes.

In reality he probably looked like a young Osama Bin Laden..only with a better beard.

[China Doll]

Smiles gleefully and rubs hands

I've always thought that too Pips.... Now go start a thread about it in religion.

[Reverandfunk]

The Irish SAS have just raided Debenhams

Looking for Bed Linen

[jake-the-peg]

I think Raggy Gromit might just mean Police Constable rather than Political correctness!

They're right - the police are always complaining that they can't recruit enough black and asian officers and they go and launch a recruitment drive with a blond haired blue eyed arian figurehead

What message does that send?

And I thought there was an IQ requirement to get into the Police!

[squarebear]

I don't see how they can keep everyone happy. If they make it an Asian woman then white men could complain. The country is getting dafter.

It's in the UK so make it white, as the majority of people are white.

[Pippa68]

You must be kidding CD.

I dissed God and prayers in a Theland thread on Suggs this morning.

Since then I have had trouble with AB. I reckon my number is up!

[China Doll]

Wuss.

[Pippa68]

I almost got struck by lightning last night.

I don't want to take any more chances ;o)

[DJerba]

I dont care! if we send around a black female officer what about all the white males that are predominate in the force...doesn't really represent them that well does it.

The world has gone mad la la la la la la!

[jake-the-peg]

Good grief Djerba!

How foolish we are! of course any recruitment drive should accurately reflect the sort of people you already have and not those you're trying to recruit!

My company is predominantly technical but we have a vacancy in accounts - must get an advert out for another technician immediately!

There's madness about today for sure!

[MrBen5]

Hmmm, i think i would make a good mascot :)

[sp1814]

RAGGY ROMAN


The mascot is for the Met Police, not the whole country.

And London has an ethnically diverse population so...

It's all logical to me.

[youngmafbog]

1) Where does it say it is a recruitment drive, seems to imply primary schoolvisits, now I know policemen (and women) are getting younger but ...

2) London maybe diverse but what ethenticity are the majority. Probably not blonde hair blue eyed I suspect but white would be my guess.

[sp1814]

youngmafbog

You know the way around it?

Make the mascot non-human.

Simple y-see...make him a bear in a police uniform.

And to make sure he's ethnically diverse, rather than a brown bear, or a polar bear...make it a panda bear.





(And for the smart alecs amongst you, yes, I know that a panda bear isn't technically a bear).